Drying apparatus.



E. FEUILLETTE.

DRYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.6, 1914,

.Patented Aug. 25, 19M

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E. PEUILLETTE. DRYING- APPARATUS.

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E. PEUILLBTTE. DRYING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1914.

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narrare APPARATUS.

.Specification of 'Letters vPatent.

Patented Aug. 25, 191A.

To fall 'whom t mag/concern lBe it known-.that I, .EMILEFEUILLE'LTE, a

citizen olf the French Republic, residing at 40 'Rue dAguesseau, Bouogne-surSeine, in the 'Republicof France, have invented certain new anduseful Improvementsiiin D ry-4 ing Apparatus-of which the Afollowing 1sa specification.

rThis invention relates to drying apparatus .and more particularlydrying` apparatus "or'the treatment of textile materials.

it lis known that in .order 'to effect a methodical "drying of a textilematerial or -a material of any otherikind, it is necessary-to subjectthis material progressively -to-ternperatures that increase 'inpropcrtionas its condition of siccity increases. *Tn order vto carry outE this 0 cratiomit v-is-the Igeneral practice to disp ace Ithe materialsA to he treated inan oven, a heating .chamber7 a tunnel or the like,this displacement :taking place in the opposite direction tothedirection in .which the heating agent effecting the drying, Hows.Certain-'dliiculties arise,how

z ever, as iregards the complete-utilization of c aloric agent and in fthe Iproperties or the l obtaining uniformity 'of *the temperatureseiristingjin an. given section of *thetunneL ln point o-r act thedisplacement Vof the material to be treated is obtained hy arranging itupon devices which move .in the stationary' heating chamber. lt,followsftha't thev'ree space that it is practically m'di'spensable ytoleave between the conveyer and itsenivelop, alords a direct passage foral considerableportion lof the caloriiic a ent, the' incompletelyutilized properties of w- 1ch area-cause of diminution of efficiencywhich would render costly the drying ofv materials ingeneral and o'f.textile materials in 4particular; another point is that, asthe air orother hot fluid tends t'o rise; itis obvious that', in any given section4of the drying chamber, 'the upper portion of thisfchamber will beV at ahigher temperature .thannthe lowest portion. "Consequently,notwithstandinggthe circulation of the material to be treatedfin thegaseous current andthe; best futilization of the heat "resultingtherefrom; it impossible to elect uniform drying; the lower layers ofthe materialftreated remain charged with moisture to greater extentthan'the upper layers. With. the ject ot obviating these defects vit4Ahas"been proposedv either to vary the relative"posiL tions of thelaye'rsconstituting the material to :be dried, in proportion as' 'itsprogress through the fluid streamy roceeds, or, on the other hand, tomodifytiienormal directionof flow of the Huid, by conducting to ward thelower ortion of the chamber its hottest strata t at convection movementshad carried toward the summit o'f the tunnel. With this object in viewit'has been suggested to arrange at intervals in ,the chamber of thedrying apparatus, j inclined deilectcrs or baies opposing. the` normalflow and conducting downward the gases that tend-naturally to rise.These arrangements present certain defects, however, and 'inter alzathey present great resistance to the flow of theiluid which `experiencesnumerous losses of charge. 'As fa' result, partial stagp nationsareproduced which give rise to excessive heating of certain portions ofthe drying apparatus and more particularly the excessive heating of thedeflectors which thus constitute radiant walls tending toraise thetemperature of the portion of 'the chamber 'that they delimit.

'The present invention 'has for its object r to avoid the'inconveniences indicated above, fin :eliminati-ng the detrimental spacebe tween 'the'conveyer and the envelop and in mendering the temperaturesuniform in the Avarious sections of the dryingtunne'l. For thispurpose,-the tunnel is 'constituted bythe juxtaposition 'of a series ofchambers in -which are arranged the materials .to be L dried. 'Thesechambers constitute the con- Vveyer and also the envelop andtheirassemblage constitutes the tunnel in which the owfof the gaseouscurrent producing the drying is brouffht about by .any suitable means.Thesecchambers are so arranged as to move in the opposite direction tothe flow' of the gaseous current. With this object'in view the chambersare periodically separated from the tunnel as a Whole atthe -extremitywhich corresponds with .the intro duction of the heating Huid, and whenthe materials havereached the desired degree of isiccity., while otherchambers, containing` materials that are to be .subjected tot-reat--.ment, are added in order' to complete the itunnel, at the extremityopposite to that at which the ealorific agent is discharged. In order torender the temperature uniform, Leach of *the chambers comprisessupcrposed supports, inclined from front to rear relatively to thedirection in which the caloriiic agent flows. These supports aresuch'lthat as the materials to be treated are charged attheirextremities, they leave centrally a space which remains free. Underthese conditions, the calorific fluid which passes along and beneath thematerials placed-upon the inclined supports, is directed toward thebottom of the tunnel until the moment at which it reaches the freecentral portion. It then rises in such a manner that, owing to the draftwhich exists in the drying apparatus and the consequent tendency todisplacement, it penetrates beneath the material that covers the rearextremity of the upper supports, in such a manner that the materialsarranged upon the latter, owing to their inclination reconduct thestreams of iiuid to discharge levels approximately corresponding tothose at which they entered each chamber. Under these conditions and ifthe temperatures at the inlet and at the outlet of each chamber becompared, it will be found that the distribution are identical in such amanner that if the temperatures are uniform at the inlet to the firstcha1nber, they will still be uniform at the outlet from the tunnel.Without any obstacle to oppose the dow of the caloriiic agent therefore,the result is obtained that a progressive and uniform heating of thematerials to be dried, is effected. It should also be noted that, in thecase of textile materials, they are heated most at the lower part whichis of course the moistest portion, than at the upper part. Thisobviously follows from the tendency of the hot gases to rise between thelayers of textile materials along which they pass. This heating of thelower portion of the la ers also produces the physical eect of swel ing,in such a manner that the feet of the rods separate and facilitate thepenetration of the agent between them.

The present invention isillustrated, by way of example, in theaccompanying drawings, in which: A Figure l shows diagrammatically apartial view of a drying apparatus embodying the invention. IF ig. 2 isa corresponding plan view.- Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views in elevationand in plan respectively. Fig. 5 is a cross section of a chamber formingpart of the tunnel. Fig. 6 shows in plan the arrangement of the lateralobturating shutters. Fig. 7 shows diagrammatically in plan amodification introduced into the apparatus as a whole for facilitatingthe charging and discharging of the chambers constituting the tunnel.Fig. 8 is a view showing the control means for the traverse tables em,ployed in the modified form of apparatus illustrated in Fig. 7. Fig.' 9is a view corresponding to Fig. 7, the traverse table having beendisplaced for maneui ering the chambers. Fig. 10 shows in frontelevation the lifting platform'for charging Vand discharging thechambers. Fig. 1l is an end elevation corresponding to 10.

In carrying out the present invention, the eiicien'cy of the dryingprocess is increased byv completely utillzing the caloriiic agent, owingto the constitution of the conveyer device bythe chambers forming thetunnel themselves and of obtaining uniformity of temperatures in anygiven sect-ion of the tunnel, without modifying the position ofthe'materials upon the supports on which they are extended, and bydispensing with all partitions or deiiectors in the path of the fluidstream for reconducting the hot gases into their rectilinear path. Withthis object in view, by appropriately arranging the materials and thesupports on which they are extended, a sinuous path is obtained (seeFig. l) for each of the fluid streams that they conduct, in such amanner that, in ad dition to obtaining an improved caloriic exchange, itfollows that when the gases leave a chamber, they are constantly :re-'

turned to the level that they occupied when they entered it. With thisobject in view, the materials o-r the supports l are inclined from.front to rear in each section or chamber 2 of the tunnel',l vacantspaces being left at their central portion which ermit the duid that isconducted' downwar to ascend toward the upper part of the chamber, inorder to penetrate beneath a higherlayer of material or a support. Thefluid is thus again directed downward and is again brought to a levelcorresponding with that at which it entered the chamber or any sectionthereof. The tunnel is thus constituted by the juxtaposition of a seriesof chambers 2, mounted upon wheels 4 in the manner of trucks; thesechambers 2 are: interposed between the drum 5 for the introduction ofthe caloritic Huid and the discharge chimney 6. In each of the chambers2, which are of course open at their ends, lateral and mediansupportsare arranged (see Figs. 3 and 5); these lsupports are inclined andreceive the supporting bars 8, in ,cases in which textile materials arebeing dried, or plates or other surfaces, according to the nature of thematerials to be treated. These supports 'are arranged in such a mannerthat when the materlals are charged onto them their central portion 3 isleft free, for the purpose specified above. In the case of textilematerials, the arrangement should be such that the feet are located atthe extremitiesY of the supports for extending the materials; the headsare therefore arranged opposite each other and on either side of thevacant space 3 that is left between them.

v F orl charging the apparatus,each chamber 2 is provided with a roofconstituted by two panels 9 hinged on either side cfa central crosspiece l0; these panels 9 can be raised in any convenient manner topermit of the chargin (see Fig. 1) `and turned down during t e operationof the drying apparatus. y

ln order to obtain a good joint between the chambers 2 arranged end Itoend, one of the panels is provided upon its edge opposite to its hingeconnection with the median cross piece 10, with -a .hinged shutter 11provided with a heat retainin covering, suoli as felt for example. Simiarly, the correspending vertical edges :carry similarly covered hingedshutters 13; each of these shutters 13v fits against the correspondingface of the adjacent chamber 2, in such a manner that any loss of theheating :huid Ais prevented. The shutter 11 lbelonging to the uppercharging panel 10 is applied under the influence of its own weight,while, on the contrary, the vertical shutters 13 are held in place by arod 14 which rigidly connects them. This rod 14 passes transverselythrough the chamber 2, rests upon one of the shutters 13 and passesthrough the other; a resilient key oi' feather 15 insuring the rigidconnection of the whole and the snug fitting of the joint-formingsurfaces upon the walls kof the adjacent chamber. The rod 14 also passesthrough openings formed in the edges of the walls of the said chamber.At the lower part, the running frame or truck carries a transversemember 16 which is applied to an identical 'cross piece forming part ofthe frame of the adjacent chamber.

lin order toedect the various maneuvers which permit of separating fromthe tunnel the head chamber in which the drying is finished and ofarranging at the rear a fresh. chamber charged with materials to besubjected to the treatment, an operating track 17 (see Fig. 2) isprovided to permit of the displacement of the trucks carrying thechambers 2. This track is arrangedin such a manner as to unite the drum5 distributing the calorific fluid, and the dischargev chimneyv. Acharging track 18'is arranged parallel with the operating track 17 andconnection can beestablished between them by means of two traversetables 19. These tables 19 iare respectively constituted bya frameworkupon which rails 20 are fixed and upon the transverse displacement ofthe frame or chassis, in line with one or Vother of' the :paralleltracks 17, 18. v`Vi7ith this object in view, the chassis arerespectively formed with channel irons serving'as rails for the casters21 mounted on spindles in the trenches extending acrossfthe two paralleltracksvl, 18.

vThese casters 21 render it possible to move the table 19 from one trackto the other to permit of passing the chambers 2 either fronithe track17 of :the drying apparatus onto the charging and discharging track 18these rails can be brought?` 'or inversely from thelatter 'track ontothe maneuvering track.. Under these conditiens, it will be ap arentthat, dn normal operation, the cham ers 2 are arrangedone afterftheother'fand Yibear one against the other, the chti-:rating shutters .11,13 being turned :down and .applied to the joints. i In orderto permit ofmoving the front chamber by -rue'ans of the table 19 onto-.the discharg'ing ltrack 18 when the .drying operation has been completed in thischamber, it is first of all necessary to move slightly rearward,thetrain .constitu-ted by the assemblage i of chambers that rest againstthe chamber that itl is desired to separate .from the tunnel. Withthisobject in view, there is arrangedat the rear of the tunnel and in alateral trench 23 (see Fig. 3) a chain transmission 24 adapted to bedriven by any suitable means. This chain 24 is arranged parallel withthe track' 17 and comprises a bar 25 which extends rearward; the objectof this bar` is hereinafter described. This bar 25 is guided by an outerroller 26 and in front it carries two rollers 27 which are guidedbetween the rails 28 arranged parallel one to the other on either sideof the chain 24. The -front end of the bar 25 carriesl a projection 29,which,

when the chain 24 recedes, engagesa second projection 30 carried lbyanother bar 31 pivoted .to a block 32 sliding ina suitable slideway. Asprin 33 tends to drawback the rod `31 and its sliding block 32 to theend of its traveltoward the front of the tunnel. Alt its front extremityand plumb .with the running frame of the first chamber that is to beseparated from the tunnel, the bar 31 carries a' projection 34 which canbe brought out of, or placed in the path of, the cross iece 16 formingpart of the said frame. With this object in view a crank 35 'can bedisplaced angularly in such a manner as to raiseior lower the frontportion of the pivot,

ed bar 31. Under these conditions, after the 110 shutters 13belonginghto the chamber that is to 3be separated from the tunnel and tothe chamber that follows it have been released from 'their `lockingmember, thetransverse bar 14, it is possible to turn down the saidlshutters 13 onto ythe walls of the latter. By o erating the fera-nk 35,the projection 34 on t e barBl rises fin such a manner that, byIactuating the chain 24,'it is caused to ,bear against the rear crossmember 16 .of the running ltrame of the rstchamber, it then carriesalo-ng the latter which is then discennected in pressing back Jchetunnel `as a whole. By means-of the front traverse table 19, the chamberthus released can be caused to pass from the operating track 17. onto.the discharging trac 18.

Upon the bar 25 which extends toward which a spring 37 tends to raise.By acting upon the chain 24 in the opposite direction to that of thevfirst operation which produces the release of the front chamber, 5 thetappet 36 on the rear bar 25 is caused to engage the lateral stops 38provided on each of the running frames or chassis. In this manner theentire train or assemblage is displaced, its first chamber ittingagainst the drum 5 which distributes the calorific agent. This maneuveralso renders it possible, by means of th'e traverse table 19, to effectthe moving from the discharging and charging track 18 of a fresh chamber2 which has previously been charged with the materials intended to besubjected t0 the treatment and which are to travel in succession towardthe front portion of the tunnel in proportion as the chambers in 20which the drying is nished are separated from'the tunnel.

When, by their arrangement, the chambers have reconstituted the tunnel,it is only necessary to turn do-wn the lateral shutters 11, 13 then tolock them in place by means of the rods 14 and the resilient keys 15.The tunnel can then again be placed in service and the gaseous currenteii'ecting the driving can be passed through it.

It will be noted that during the displacement of the chain 24 'thatserves to advance the chambers 2, the front bar 31 which is no longerdisplaced by the projection 29 carried by the rear bar 25, is drawn backtogether 35 with its stop block 32 by the counter spring 33. It isthereby returned to its normal position for a subse uent operation.

With the object oil accelerating and facilitatin the charging anddischarging of the 4o cham ers 2, and to reduce the manual laborrequired, the installation described above may be completed and modiedin accordance with the arrangements illustrated in Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10 andl1. The arrangement consists broadly in the addition of a trench whichterminates the track along which the materials to be dried are conductedand in which a hoisting platform is capable of vertical displacement,this platform receiving in turn the chambers 2 to be charged and thechambers to be discharged which may also be lowered to a suitable heightfor facilitating access to theframes on which the materials areextended. The utilization of such a device, with the installationalreadyv described with reference to Fig. 2,

' Jfor the charging and discharging, renders it necessary, in order topermit of communication between the trench and the track 18,

to till up the break that exists in the latter during the dryingoperation, in such a--manner that the chambers 2 can be brought from thetrench onto the track 18 or vice versa as desired. One method, but animperfect one, which would permit of eiecting this maneuver wouldconsist in adding a second traverse table at the front of the transversetrack 21; this arrangement however, presents the defect that this trackwould have to be lengthened to a corresponding extent, as it would benecessary to provide asupplementary length of rails for the purpose ofrendering inoperative the second traverse table corresponding to thetrack 18, when the traverse table 19 replaced it for the pur- 75 pose ofconducting to the trench the chamber that is to be discharged aftercomplete dry* ing.` In the arrangement illustrated in Figs. v

7, 8 and 9, this result is attained while retaining the front traversetable shown in 8'0 Fig. 2, and the casters 21 have been replaced byrails upon which the second traverse table can be displaced, the twoparallel tracks of this traverse table can be arranged the properdistance apart for prolonging the track 18 or brought sufficiently closetogether when rendered inoperative, in which case the second traversetable 19 in its turncorresponds with the rails 18. As

a result the trench 40 terminates the track 9o 41 for supplying .thematerials to be treated.

A platform 42 carrying a length of track prolonging the track 18, isrigid with a girder 43 forming a cage with lateral inlets and providedwith a yoke or handle 44 95 supported and actuated by any suit-able formof lifting device. One of the chambers 2 that is conducted there cantherefore be lowered into the trench to a suitable height formanipulation. The panels 9 provided' withrings can then be opened andfixed to the handle or yoke 44 (see Fig. 10).

The modified front traversing apparatus (see Figs. 7, 8 and 9) rendersit possible to displace two traverse tables upon av track 45 arranged ina trench or cutting transversely of the tracks 16 and 17; one of thesetraverse tablesthe table 19, is o'the construction already described andis adapted to connect the track 18 with the trenchl 40 110 (see Figs. 7and 9) or, during the drying operation, prolong the track 17 as far asthe heating drum 5 (see Fig. 8), while the other serves to reestablishthe continuity of the track 18 during the drying operation. This 115traverse table, which is automatically actuated by the displacement ofthe traverse table 19, is constituted as follows: The two lengthsoiltrack 46 and 46 mounted upon rollers 47 in the manner of the traversetable 120 19, are capable of displacement parallel one to the other uponthe track 45. In the case illustrated in Fig. 8, that is to say duringtheJ drying operation, the intervals separat- -ing the lengths of track46 and 46 is equal 125 to that of the traverse table Y19 of the track18; it is defined by stops 48 and 49 integral with an endless drivin@fchain 50 connected with the traverse tab e 19; this chain is drivenbypulleys 51 over which it passes. 13

If it be displaced in the direction indicated by the arrow (see Fig. 9),the traverse table 19 is displaced in such a manner as to form anextension of the track 18 (see Figs. 7 and 9). This displacementsimultaneously causes a thrust to be exerted upon the length 46 and thedisplacement of the length 46 by the stop 48; u

As the whole of this device can be housed intrenches, it will be seenthat the space occupied by the apparatus'is reduced as compared withhavingv recourse to a platform arrangement for supporting the twolengths ot connecting track.

ln order to returnthe traverse tables into the normal drying position(see Fig. 8) the chain 50 is displaced in the direction inditated by thearrow (see Fig. 8), the tour lengths of traverse rails of decreasinglength are displaced and stopped in position by projecting fish plates52 fixed to the extremities of the ails 18 and 17 and by stops 53 onthe'opposite side. n

v`What l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot' the UnitedStates is 1. lln an installation for the drying of textile materialssuch as flax, hemp and so forth, a drum for the introduction of hotgases, a series of chambers arranged in juxtaposition for the receptionof the textile materials and in which the hot gases circulate, inclinedframes in each of these chambers upon which the textile materials areextended in such a manner as to constitute oblique parallel passagesthroughout the'y chambers as a whole with a break in the frames orsupports at the middle of each chamber', in such a manner as to causethe hot gases to mingle and to render uniform the drying, and means forbringing the said chambers into position and for displacing them.

2. lin an installation for the drying of textile material such as flax,hemp and so forth,'a drum for the introduction oi hot gases, aseries ofchambers arranged in juxtaposition for the reception of the textilematerial and permitting of the circulation of the hot gases, inclinedframes or supports in each chamber, a break in the supports at thecentral portion of each chamber, two shutters hinged upon a centralcross member `to form the root of each chamber, hinged shutters linedwith telt or other insulating material at one of. the extremities ofeach chamber, a rod passing through the lateral shutters in such amanner as to apply them hermetically' to the panels of the adjacentchamber, means for fixing the rod in position, and means for bringingthe said chambers into position and fordisplacingthem.

3. In an installation 'for the drying of the textile materials such asflax, hem and so forth, a drum for the introduction of hot gases, aseries of chambers arranged in juxtaposition for the reception of thetextile .materials and permitting of the circulation of the hot gases,inclined frames or sup-` '-ports in each chamber, a breakin the-supportsat the central portion of each chamber,

two shutters hinged `to acentral cross member for forming the roof ofeach chamber, hinged shutters covered with felt or otherinsulatingmaterial at-one of the extremities of each chamber, a rod passingthrough the lateral shutters in such a manner-as to apply themhermetically to the panels of the adjacent chamber, dogs or drivers, andVa running chassis or truck for each chamber, rails forming a track forthe chambers as a whole and means for lbringing the chambers intoposition and fordisplacing them.

d.. ln an installation for the drying` of textile materials such asflax, hempand4 so forth, a drum for the introduction of'hiot gases, aseries `of* chambers arranged in juxtaposition tor-the reception of thetextile materials, andv permitting of the circulatioi'i of the hotgases, inclined ramesor'supports in the said chambers,`means Aforforming a good joint between' the said chambers, drivers or dogs andarunning chassis or truck for each chamber, rails forming a track tor thechambers as a whole, traverse tables arranged transversely at theextremities of this track-in such a manner as to corr nect it with aparallel track for charging and dischargingV the chambers, and means.forV displacing the said chambers as a whole whenl the. chamber. in, y.which. the. dryingl is finished has been conducted onto the dischargingtrack.4

5. lnI an installation for thev drying of textile materials, such asflax, hemp and so forth, a drum for the introduction of hot gases, aseries oitl chambers arranged in juxtaposition for the reception of thetextile materials and permittin of the circulation of the hot gases,means or insuring a good joint between the said chambers, a runningchassis or truck for each chamber and vdrivers or dogs, rails forming atrack for lfor actuating the said trucks, means permitting the lengthsof rails to form extensions of the charging or discharging track, or onthe other hand permitting of bringing them together, and means forbrmgingthe drying chambers intoposition and for displacing them.

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- 6. 'In an installation for drying textile materials such as flax, hempand so forth, a drum for the introduction of hot gases, a series ofchambers arranged 1n juxtaposition for the reception of the textilematerials and permitting 'of the circulation of the hot gases, means forinsuring a good joint between the said chambers, a running chassis ortruck for each chamber and drivers or dogs, rails forming a track -forthe chambers as Va whole, a charging and discharging track arrangedparallel with the first, a traverse table'connecting one of theextremities of the said tracks another traverse table connecting theother extremity and movable .upon rails, independent trucks carrying twotextile materials such as ax,.hemp and 'soforth, a drum for theVintroduction of hot gases, a' series .of chambers arranged injuxtaposition for receiving the textile materials and permitting of thecirculation of the hot gases, means for insuring a good joint betweenthe said chambers, a running chassis or truck for each chamber` and`drivers or dogs, rails forming a track for the chambers as a whole', acharging and discharging track arranged parallel with the rst track, atrack traverse table c0nnecting one of the extremities of the saidtracks, another traverse table connecting the other extremity anddisplaceable upon rails, means for bringing the traverse table or thetrucks into line with the charging and discharging track, a charging anddischarging trench, a cage displaceable vertically in the said trenchvfor receiving the chambers in succession, an endless chain arrangedparallel with the track upon which the said chambers are displaced, atruck suspended. from the said chain, guides for the said truck, apivoted bar iipon the said truck for displacing the chambers, aprojection from the saidbar acting during the inverse displacement ofthe chain upon another bar, a counter spring for the said bar, a levervfor lifting the said bar and permitting of the displacement of thechambers in the opposite direction, with the object of causing one ofthe said 'chambers to pass onto the charging and ldischarging track.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HANsoN C. Coxn, GEORGES BOUNEUIL.

